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The Independent World7/2/2026Politics2 min read

Trump Mocked Online Over New Air Force One Jet's Fake Bookshelf

President Trump's new $400 million Air Force One, gifted by Qatar, features a bookshelf filled with fake books, drawing widespread online mockery and criticism.

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  • President Donald Trump and his entourage flew for the first time on a new $400 million Air Force One jet, gifted by Qatar, which features a bookshelf of fake books.
  • This detail, along with the plane's new red-white-and-blue livery, sparked widespread online mockery and criticism regarding the administration's perceived lack of substance and the controversial gift.

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President Donald Trump is being mocked online after boasting about his new $400 million Air Force One jet — which appears to be fitted with a wall containing dozens of fake books.

Trump and his entourage took flight Wednesday for the first time on the jet, which was gifted to the U.S. by Qatar. Across social media, members of the Trump administration showed off some of the plane’s plush finishes, including pillows branded with the presidential seal, a meeting table trimmed in white grain leather, and decorative touches including framed volumes and images of Washington landmarks on the walls.

Also featured on the luxe aircraft is a bookshelf full of fake books, including some simply labeled “Library,” which social media users were quick to spot in the background of photos shared by Trump officials.

“Of course a plane full of people who have never read a book has a bookshelf of fake books with titles like ‘Library’” one X user wrote.

“Volume III of the Library is a real nail-biter,” another user joked.

Another X user summed it up: “Again, a perfect representation of the Trump administration.... all show and no substance.”

Meanwhile, Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt filmed an Instagram vlog of the trip on the new jet as administration members headed to North Dakota to celebrate the opening of the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library.

In the video, White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller flashed Leavitt a peace sign and told her the new plane was “majestic.”

During the voyage, White House staffers had a brunch of bagel sandwiches, fruit and juice, pictures showed.

The kickoff flight also displayed the jet’s new color scheme, which traded Air Force One’s traditional sky blue for a red-white-and-blue livery resembling Trump’s private planes.

“We had it all painted up, and these are the new colors: red, white and blue,” Trump told service members last month at Joint Base Andrews while standing in a hangar in front of the massive jet. “It was my taste.”

Administration members may be upbeat about the sparkling new Boeing VC-25B, but it has remained controversial since it was announced.

Critics accused Doha of using the gift to curry favor with the president, while others questioned the need for a new plane given that the Air Force is already working on multi-billion dollar replacements to the previous-generation Air Force One.

The president has said the ex-Qatari jet will be used until the official replacements are ready, at which point the gifted Air Force One will reportedly be transferred to the Trump Presidential Library.

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This article was originally published by The Independent World.

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